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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1957

Page

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Former Monroe Chief Of Police Seeks Reinstatement

Former Monroe Police Chief M. L. Peters has applied for reinstate ment as chief and asked the Monroe pension board for a hearing. Delhi hosts the 17th annual Northeast Louisiana Livestock Show with junior dairy champions, showmanship winners, and show entries announced amid weather and parade highlights.

M. L Peters Monroe Police Department Monroe Pension Board Delhi Northeast Louisiana R. M. Elkins Forest Ronnie Forest High School Sidney Smith Franklin Parish Jeanette Holdeman Ouachita Parish Shielda Chambless West Carroll Doris Kitchens

E N Faulk 90 Dies Funeral Set Tomorrow

Ernest Noble Faulk 90 longtime Monroe businessman died at his home 910 Walnut Street after a short illness. Funeral is set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Mulhearn chapel with interment in River View Burial Park. He was born on a plantation near Logtown and was the grandson of John T Faulk the first Faulk in Louisiana.

Ernest Noble Faulk Monroe Walnut Street Mulhearn Chapel Riverview Burial Park Faulk Logtown John T. Faulk Louisiana North Carolina Ernest Faulk

Milk Strike Flares Up in New York Dairy Region

Violence and threats accompany a three state milk strike led by the Master Dairy Farmers Guild. Police reinforce Orange County amid arson and gunfire on milk shipments to New York City as the guild seeks higher prices and a halt to deliveries.

New York New York Metropolitan Area Clarence Stanton Wantage Stanton Orange County State Hill New York City Thurston Bryden Deposit N. Y Averell Harriman George Bullis Goshen Bullis Harriman Long Island Albany Montgomery Middletown Circleville Warwick Washingtonville Unionville Bullville New Jersey Pennsylvania John W. Dorney Federal Metropolitan Milk Marketing Administration

GOP Senators Quiz Eisenhower Pick Bruce for German Post

Senators Watkins and Case urged a thorough review of David K. E. Bruce as ambassador to West Germany. Bruce's 1000 donation to 1956 Democratic funds and sympathy with Adlai Stevenson drew GOP questions about his support for Eisenhower policies. Bruce, 59, has served as ambassador to France and undersecretary of state and is now on foreign intelligence advisory roles.

Washington Watkins Utah Francis Case David K. E. Bruce Eisenhower West Germany Bruce Senate Adlai E. Stevenson Ing Case Germany Free World Senate Foreign Relations Committee Maryland France Sen. Aiken R-Vt GOP Dulles

Prominent Southerner Urges Slower Integration

Virginius Dabney editor of the Richmond Times Dispatch warned 5 000 high school principals at the National Association of Secondary School Principals convention that the South would close public schools rather than integrate. He said opposition has hardened into a fixed determination to keep races separate, noting courts would legalize closure but condemning the social and educational impact.

Washington UPA Virginius Dabney Richmond, Va Times-Dispatch National Association of Secondary School Princi Pals Dabney South Supreme Court

Fair And Cool Weather Outlook Across The State

Fair and cool is the weather outlook for today and tomorrow. Temperatures tonight range from 40 to 45 degrees with tomorrow's highs between 62 and 66. Moonlight and clouds kept conditions partly cloudy elsewhere with light rain reported in Monroe Alexandria and Baton Rouge.

Mercury Alexandria New Orleans Shreveport Monroe Baton Rouge

Three Dead in Cairo Clash Between Palestinians and Police

In Mahdi a quiet Cairo suburb residents report a confrontation between Palestinians and Egyptian police leaving three people dead. The clash marks heightened tensions in the area and underscores ongoing security concerns.

Cairo Egypt Mahdi

Portland Probe Links Teamsters to Portland Racketeers

Portland reporters tell Senate racketeering panel that Teamster officials conspired with racketeers gamblers and district attorney to seize control of city government. They cite tape recordings and named figures including James Elkins district attorney Langley and Teamsters official Crosby as part of alleged plots in 1950s Portland.

Washington Portland, Ore Senate Teamster Portland Wallace Turner William Lambert Langley Clyde C. Crosby Teamsters International Oregon Turner Elkins Crosby City Commission Maloney Lambert Teamsters Union Ito

College classmate accused of misusing union funds to start Seattle tavern

A Senate committee heard testimony that a college classmate of Dave Beck Jr., son of the Teamsters union president, borrowed 30000 dollars of union funds to open a Seattle tavern.

Washington Senate Dave Beck, Jr Teamsters’ Union International Seattle

Prize-Winning Portland Dispatches Series

A prize-winning series of dispatches from Portland Oregon highlights investigative reporting on urban development and local governance. The work links housing, zoning, and community impact through detailed field reporting and named city officials.

Portland Oregon

Pearson Proposes Four Point Plan to Ease Israeli Gaza Tensions

United Nations General Assembly debated a plan by Canadian Foreign Secretary Lester B. Pearson calling for Israel and Egypt to honor the 1949 armistice, deployment of a U N Emergency Force, free passage through the Straits of Tiran, and a UN administration in Gaza while a de facto solution is sought. Jordan's Abdul Momen Rifa'i urged action, saying patience has ended.

United Nations N. Y. Ie Lester B. Pearson Gaza Strip Gulf of Aqaba General Assembly Israel Pearson U. N Egypt Straits of Tiran U.N Strip Abdel Momen Rifa'i Assembly Sharm el Sheikh

Guard and Army Reach Compromise on Active Duty Training

The Army and National Guard reached a compromise on active duty training for Guard recruits. The plan lets 17 to 18-year-olds train 11 weeks by Jan 1 and requires six months for those over 18 with no prior service. The Guard would stay around 400,000 through 1958 and the Army would provide six months trainees to maintain that level.

Washington Army and National Guard Guard House Armed Services Overton Brooks D-La Full Armed Services Committee Brooks Army Air National Guard

Governor cites effort to bar Negro voters in north Louisiana parishes

Gov Earl Long said there was an organized push in several north Louisiana parishes to disqualify Black voters. He noted whites were affected too, and tied the drive to winning the Monroe mayoral election. He and Atty Gen Gremillion attributed the action to electoral strategy and racial dimensions.

Baton Rouge Earl Long Louisiana Long U. S. Atty Warren Olney III Jack Gremillion Ouachita Parish Olney Gremil

Three Rayville Boys Missing Since Nightfall

Richland parish sheriff's deputies search for 15 year old Butch Darling 5'4 blue eyes 160 pounds 12 year old Jimmy Thornton 5'6 blue grey eyes blond hair 140 pounds and 9 year old Willie Weaver 5'0 brown eyes 90 pounds feared to have armed weapons from Darling's home camp west of Rayville. No leads on their whereabouts. Citizens urged to call sheriff if seen.

News-Star Rayville Richland Parish Sheriff's Department Butch Darling Jimmy Dean Thornton Willie Wesley Weave Darling Thornton Weaver Sheriff's Office

Stalin on verge of war before death in 1953 report

Telegraph reporter David Floyd cites a high Communist source claiming Stalin nearly triggered war with the West before his March 1953 death. The source said a brain hemorrhage was caused by rage over the Baikary pact between Greece Turkey and Ilavia by Marshal Tite.

London The Daily Telegraph Joseph Stalin Soviet Union David Floyd Telegraph Moscow Stalin Greece Turkey Ilavia Marshal Tite

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Medford Mass Mystic River Winifred Russell Stoneham Yvonne Herron W. L. Howard George Wood James C. Kelly, Jr Kelly Monroe Police Pension Board E.N. Faulk E. N. Faulk Miami Fred Hackett Bulletin Underworld John L McClellan Vice James B. Elkins William M. Langley Multnomah County Joseph P. McLaughlin Seattle, Wash Urs Thomas E. Maloney Spokane, Wash Frank W. Brewster International Teamsters Union Western Conference of Teamsters
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